January 11, 2017 | The Hot Sheet

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Gallup image shows the results of a poll for the number of people who say they have not read a book in the last year.

A forecast of 2017 trends in traditional publishing: celebrity autobiographies, Amazon, digital marketing, Wattpad, YA, and more.

The Hot Sheet Index looks at the book preferences of BookBub subscribers and examines categories of Americans who’ve read a book recently.

January 11, 2017, links of interest related to self-publishing and marketing.

Simon & Schuster’s deal with Twitter-banned right-wing Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos sparks protest and discussions about free speech.

There’s the “triple whammy” of tax woes ahead for authors if a new set of tax rules passes in the spring of 2017. In the UK.

Over the last seven weeks of 2016, the ABA reported print book sales were up 5 percent from the prior year.

With sales slowing for some indie authors, there’s discussion of the increasing necessity for “professionalization” to remain competitive.